{"id":586,"date":"2016-04-06T20:11:29","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T20:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/colbysites.org\/womenpoets\/poetesmercoeurindex\/"},"modified":"2018-05-07T11:44:58","modified_gmt":"2018-05-07T15:44:58","slug":"mercoeur","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/mercoeur\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c9lisa Merc\u0153ur (1809-1835) &#8211; biographie"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"row-light\">\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-586 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/mercoeur\/elisa_mercoeur_by_auguste_belin-jpeg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/files\/2016\/04\/E\u0301lisa_Merc\u0153ur_by_Auguste_Belin.jpeg-207x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/files\/2016\/04\/E\u0301lisa_Merc\u0153ur_by_Auguste_Belin.jpeg-207x300.jpeg 207w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/files\/2016\/04\/E\u0301lisa_Merc\u0153ur_by_Auguste_Belin.jpeg-e1502289268380.jpeg 155w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/mercoeur\/artimage_393335_2558438_201003045022597\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"279\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/files\/2016\/04\/artimage_393335_2558438_201003045022597-279x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/files\/2016\/04\/artimage_393335_2558438_201003045022597-279x300.jpg 279w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/files\/2016\/04\/artimage_393335_2558438_201003045022597.jpg 294w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"row-dark\">\n<div id=\"landing-center\"><em>D\u2019un seul mot, t\u2019ai-je dit, la rapide puissance,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Charme, captive, entrai\u0302ne, et quelquefois dispense<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Aux amants de la gloire une immortalite\u0301.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>C\u2019est l\u2019e\u0301clair s\u2019e\u0301chappant du caillou qui s\u2019enflamme ;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Enfin, c\u2019est le sublime, ou c\u2019est un son de l\u2019a\u0302me<\/em><br \/>\n<em>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Que le ge\u0301nie a re\u0301pe\u0301te\u0301&#8230;.<\/em><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8211; \u00ab Le sublime, \u00bb <i>\u0152uvres po\u00e9tiques <\/i>(1843)<i><br \/>\n<\/i><strong>pour en savoir plus sur<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/mercoeur\/works-6\/\"><strong>l&#8217;\u0153uvre<\/strong><\/a> <strong>de Merc\u0153ur<\/strong><br \/>\n<b>read more of Merc\u0153ur&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/mercoeur\/works-6\/\">work<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"row-light\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Elle avait v\u00e9ritablement re\u00e7u le baiser de la Muse. Il y a du souffle, de l\u2019inspiration, de l\u2019harmonie dans ses compositions po\u00e9tiques. Je dirai m\u00eame que ces vers, comme ceux de Mme de Girardin avec qui elle a plus d\u2019un point de ressemblance, sont plus d\u2019un homme que d\u2019une femme&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8211; L\u00e9on S\u00e9ch\u00e9, <i>Les Annales Romantiques<\/i>, 1909<br \/>\n<b>pour en savoir plus sur <a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/mercoeur\/reception\/\"><strong>la r\u00e9ception <\/strong><\/a>de Merc\u0153ur<\/b><br \/>\n<b>read more of Merc\u0153ur&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/mercoeur\/reception\/\">reception<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"row-dark\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>biographie<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;\u00c9lisa Merc\u0153ur est n\u00e9e le 24 juin 1809, \u00e0 Nantes &#8211; comme Mme Dufr\u00e9noy, la princesse de Salm-Dyck et M\u00e9lanie Waldor. D\u00e8s ses d\u00e9buts de femme po\u00e8te, les contemporains lui pr\u00eatent le talent d&#8217;une autre Desbordes-Valmore et, par allusion \u00e0 Delphine Gay, la future Mme de Girardin, la surnomment <i>la Delphine nantaise.<\/i> Sa mort \u00e0 26 ans, le 7 janvier 1835, \u00e0 Paris, lui conf\u00e8re un statut embl\u00e9matique tragique dans la conscience r\u00e9gionale. Aussi son personnage inspire-t-il un discours hagiographique o\u00f9 le rappel de la bri\u00e8vet\u00e9 de son existence accompagne rituellement l&#8217;\u00e9vocation in la m\u00e9connaissance.<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Alors que sa m\u00e8re qui, semble-t-il, il l&#8217;\u00e9l\u00e8ve seule et sans ressources, reporte sur elle tous ses ses espoirs, \u00c9. Merc\u0153ur est instruite par des procehes. Elle prend go\u00fbt aux lettres et, influenc\u00e9e par la mode romantique, s&#8217;adonne \u00e0 la po\u00e9sie d\u00e8s sa seizi\u00e8me ann\u00e9e. \u00c0 cette \u00e9poque, Nantes s&#8217;enorgueillit d&#8217;une revue de renom national, <i>Le Lyc\u00e9e armoricain<\/i> (1823-1831), cr\u00e9e par l&#8217;\u00e9diteur-imprimeur Camille Mellinet, qui s&#8217;efforce de provoquer un r\u00e9veil r\u00e9gional et de d\u00e9truire aupr\u00e8s des Parisiens la r\u00e9putation d&#8217;arri\u00e9ration attach\u00e9e \u00e0 la Bretagne. C&#8217;est ainsi qu&#8217;\u00c9lisa Merc\u0153ur, dont quelques stances seulement avaient paru jusque l\u00e0 dans le journel <i>Le Breton,<\/i> fait figure de muse bretonne en acc\u00e9dant au <i>Lyc\u00e9e<\/i> en 1825.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8211; Christine Plant\u00e9, <i>Femmes po\u00e8tes du XIXe si\u00e8cle une anthologie<\/i>, 1998.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>D\u2019un seul mot, t\u2019ai-je dit, la rapide puissance, Charme, captive, entrai\u0302ne, et quelquefois dispense Aux amants de la gloire une immortalite\u0301. C\u2019est l\u2019e\u0301clair s\u2019e\u0301chappant du caillou qui s\u2019enflamme ; Enfin, c\u2019est le sublime, ou c\u2019est un son de l\u2019a\u0302me &nbsp;&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/mercoeur\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/586"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=586"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7912,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/586\/revisions\/7912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/poetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}